Yet another has joined the ranks of the Retired today. So to celebrate we dined at the Wolf's Den Restaurant just south of town. The evening was beautiful - warm and sunny so it was dinner - all three plus hours of it -- on the deck. Happy Retirement Gail!!!

The forest fires in northern British Columbia (Stewart Cassiar Road) are felt in Whitehorse. The distant mountains are obscured by smoke.

If you have been to Whitehorse since the Copper Ridge subdivision was built, you may be familiar with the Hamilton Boulevard extension which now gives the residents an alternate escape route. This is the same road that when the route was blasted during construction, too much dynamite was used and the rocks fell through the roofs of the mobile homes ... whoops! But it is a pleasure to have a 2nd exit and it is a lovely road to drive.

Music, Music, Music

Today is the 1st (and they hope annual) Frog Mountain Music Festival. It is being held at 'young' Bill (& Barb) Drury's farm out on the Alaska Hwy. I keep crossing my fingers that our damp weather improves and as I look out the window, I was quite hopeful that it was clearing, as it was getting brighter by the minute, but now we are having a sun shower. Oh well, there is still time for it to clear which will make the festival all that much more enjoyable. In case it doesn't, they do have tents set up.


Finally I saw a performance of The McLean Girls at Coasters last night. Mom McLean was in town too so met the mother of these three very talented girls as well. I couldn't believe it was the first time I was in Coasters and will be my last as it is closing down at the end of the month. Enjoyed their performance very much as did the crowd. They'll also be performing today at the Frog Mountain Music Festival.

July

The weather has been quite "iffy" since my return from the damp east coast. Late yesterday afternoon the skies opened up and the rain fell in bucket loads. We seldom get such fierce downfalls so it was fun to watch.

Golfing at Meadow Lakes this year. Our factor for change was price - saved almost $200 for ladies league - money we can surely use elsewhere. This course is much more technical than Mountain View... in other words, we lose a number of balls each time we play. Above is the 3rd hole, teed from atop a very large hill.

As with the "other" golf course, the club house still calls our name at the end of the game.

The Eagle Has Landed

Driving downtown to visit my friend this afternoon, I came across some tourists pointing their cameras up into the sky instead of toward the beautiful Yukon River. Looking up I saw Bald Eagles. Rats...I didn't have a camera. So after we visited and dined, I went home, gabbed my camera and revisited the area. I drove down the South Access (Robert Service Way) and at the foot of the hill at a tourist pull-out is the nest. The photo above is Whitehorse nestled in the valley on the way down the South Access.

This I believe is one baby. Just as I was leaving a second one poked its head up.


And on a treetop nearby quietly sits the parent. They make quite the tourist attraction! By the way, these photos were taken at 9:00 PM.

Two Year Old Smoking Boy

Here's the scoop behind the two year old smoking boy in Indonesia:



A very sad sad story.

Gibraltar

Back from my vacation and have been getting myself and my house in order once again. And trying to catch up a bit on the golf games I missed while away.
While I was travelling we had inclement weather (while at home it was 25 degree sunny days!). I thought it was the maritimes' weather system. Wrong! It was me. I looked forward to coming back to "summer" but the inclement weather came with me. (And I thought it was only when I washed my truck that it rained). So if you know an area of drought you can rent me out and I'll bring the rain with me!

My friend from Vancouver Island sent me these photos of the airport runway/road in Gibraltar at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea. As you can see from the map above, the runway runs right across the land. Consequently the road cuts through the runway. So when the light turns yellow you don't step on the gas and go like h***, you stop! And you certainly don't run a red light!